Zach Krejmas will be taking over full-time filmer duty for Full Factory and its brands…
Here’s some news for you! Zach Krejmas has joined Full Factory Distribution as a full-time filmer for Odyssey, Sunday Bikes, GSport and Fairdale Bikes. That should mean we’ll be seeing more dialed videos from all of those brands in the near future! Get the official word below…
“Please welcome Zach Krejmas to the Full Factory camp!
We’re happy to announce that Zach will be the new videographer working out of our Southern California office. Not only does Zach know his way around a camera, but he is a shredder in front of it as well. Overall, he is the perfect addition to our crew and we’re looking forward to starting some exciting new projects with him.” – The crew at Fairdale Bikes have released their 2017 bike range. As expected, they have done another phenomenal job on the Taj Milhelich hybrid bike that mixes 20″ BMX with a 26″ cruiser. The 2017 Taj starts out with a 100% Track Certified chromoly frame, along with a 100% chromoly fork with a one-piece CNC machined steerer tube and full chromoly BMX inspired two-piece handlebars. The rest of the bike is decked out with Fairdale, Odyssey and Sunday Bikes parts walking the line of BMX and road bike. STEM: Sunday Freeze, Top-Load It’s safe to say this bike could hold up just fine during a session at the skatepark or trails or just out cruising around. The 2017 Taj complete from Fairdale Bikes is available in Army Green only with a price tag of $629.99. You can pick this bike up by hitting up your favorite BMX shop or mail-order that carry Fairdale, Odyssey or Sunday, or by having that shop contact Full Factory Distribution Fairdale’s Swan grips. Sunday Bikes Freeze topload stem. The classic Odyssey Twisted PC Pedals! Custom graphics by Taj himself. Pivotal seat giving you plenty of options for finding the seat right angle. 33-tooth sprocket to match the 13-tooth freewheel in the back making for an easy to pedal gear ratio that will still let you get some good speed. Maxxis Holy Rollers in a 26″ size. The popular Odyssey Springfield brakes that uses a single spring to give you solid braking. We want to hear from you! Let us know what you think in the comments below! VISIT: FRONT PAGE // DAILY SECTION // BMX COLOR APP // BMX VIDEOS // RANDOM No, this isn’t BMX, but it’s always interesting seeing what a few BMX legends are getting into these days. Some of the Fairdale Bikes crew took a trip over to France to do some touring around the French Alps and came back with this new video. There’s some awesome sights to take in, in this one and it looks like the guys had an amazing time. Take a look! “We took Taj Mihelich, Leif Valin, Sandy Carson, and Chris Cotsonas to the French Alps and celebrated Chris’ birthday in one of the best ways imaginable. — starring — directed by filmed and edited by additional filming by illustrations and narration by — Music by Don’t Bring it to Life Donna Donna I Want To Ride My Bicycle Check out the AUGUST 2016 Visit our website for bonus photos and doodles. Ah, we’re huge fans of Sandy Carson on and off the bike and of course behind the lens! Fairdale Bikes caught up with Sandy to talk cameras, cats and the shitload of different bikes that he rides from BMX to fixed gear, mountain bikes and road bikes! This has some riding footage in there which we don’t see nearly enough of from Sandy these days along with some of his photography work. Definitely a BMX video to check out! “Sandy Carson was our first team rider back in January of 2012. “Team Rider” is a term we use very loosely at Fairdale. We don’t expect our riders to win races (though Sandy did just win a Texas State Championship on a mountain bike). Hell, we don’t expect our riders to even ride all the time. Mostly our team is made up of friends who are doing cool things. Folks we admire. People who in some way have bicycles as part of their lives. Sandy couldn’t sum that up more. As a full time photographer he is always doing something exciting… some shoot or another, working on his own photo books and shows, or traveling around to odd places. More than any of that what really makes us admire his work is the way his photographs portray the world. He takes some of the most interesting photos we know of by catching little details that the rest of us skim over. Those little things that when expertly highlighted can reveal special moments all around us. On top of all that he is an amazing bike rider. A cyclist who is perpetually motivated to ride all kinds of bikes. Riding with an infectious sense of humor and inspiring enthusiasm. His great history as a sponsored BMX rider means he can naturally shred on any bike. Applying that mastery to bikes with other sized wheels has lead him into an even bigger love for cycling. We spent some time down in Austin filming the man and would like to present to you this video. Check out our friend Sandy. Music: Filmed and Edited by: See more of Sandy’s Work: Alright! Sorry for the delay on this one. We wrapped up the 3rd day swinging by the Fairdale booth and between travel time and getting caught back up this one took a minute to get posted! But that’s enough of that! Let’s take a closer look at what Taj Mihelich had on display at this years Interbike for the brand. Yeah, these aren’t BMX bikes, but they’re still a BMX brand in our eyes! I remember at some point growing up thinking “I’ll never ride anything but a BMX bike”… It was a pretty bold thought that I’m going to blame on being young, dumb and, at the time, not moaning and groaning from the aches and pains of years of abuse when I try and get myself out of bed in the morning. Hahaha, as soon as I saw that Taj Mihelich and Leif Valin teamed up for a video for Fairdale Bikes, I knew it was going to be nothing short of amazing. I HIGHLY advise you watch this super serious video showing how they do research and development. This is a MUST SEE for sure. “Fairdale Bikes presents a little insight into its highly advanced R & D department. Aerodynamic 2×4 bikes and Fender Bass Bicycle are all put to the test. I made my way on over to the Full Factory booth to check out what Odyssey, Sunday and Fairdale had going on. If you have been paying close attention to what these guys have going on, I’m sure you have seen a good amount of this since they’re really good about keeping people in the loop through their sites and social media, but there were a few surprises! Let’s do this!Fairdale Bikes – 2017 Taj Complete
HEADSET: Sealed Integrated, Campagnolo Spec 45º/45º
BRAKE LEVER: Odyssey Monolever, Left and Right
BRAKE: Odyssey Springfield, Front and Rear
GRIPS: Fairdale Swan
SEAT: Odyssey Monogram Principal, Pivotal
SEAT POST: Pivotal, 27.2mm
SEAT CLAMP: Fairdale, 30mm
CRANKS: Chromoly 3-Piece, Chromoly, 175mm
CHAINWHEEL: Fairdale, 33T
BB: Mid, 19mm, Press-fit, Sealed
PEDALS: Odyssey Twisted PC
RIMS: Double wall, 36-Hole, Aluminum
FRONT HUB: 36-Hole 3/8” Axle
REAR HUB: 36-Hole 3/8” Axle
TIRES: Maxxis Holy Roller, 26” x 2.2”
CHAIN: KMC, 1/8”
COG: Odyssey 13T Freewheel (M30)
Fairdale France
CHRIS COTSONAS, TAJ MIHELICH, LEIF VALIN, SANDY CARSON
TAJ MIHELICH
FRANCIS DELAPENA
FRANCIS DELAPENA
TAJ MIHELICH
LEIF VALIN
TAJ MIHELICH
SOUNDER
TENNIS COATS
OLIVER COTSONAS
issue of BICYCLING for the full article.
HTTP://FAIRDALEBIKES.COM/FAIRDALEFRANCE“
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http://www.concreteantenna.org
Francis Delapena
http://sandycarson.com”Interbike 2014: Fairdale Bikes
Review: Fairdale – Weekender Canti
But, like a lot of BMX riders that have climbed the ranks of age, we’re finding that our backs and knees aren’t what they used to be and sometimes you want to go for a ride, but would want something a little more comfortable. At least, that’s what had been going on in my mind for a little while now. Especially with my right knee giving me some hell. So I started looking around at some of the options that were out there.
About 7 years ago, I worked in a shop and always thought a road bike would be a good way to work out the legs and knees to help build them up for BMX, but I couldn’t imagine myself in spandex (especially now) and I didn’t think taking road bike riding seriously would be a good idea because let’s face it… If you’re on two wheels you’re going to try and jump some shit with it. I started looking at Fairdale because let’s face it… Once a BMX rider, always a BMX rider and if Taj Mihelich is the master mind behind it, it’s gotta be designed for the BMX rider at heart, right?
After weighing out the options and giving the bank account a proper investigation to decide on a budget, I found myself wanting the Weekender Canti more and more. A few weeks back I finally pulled the trigger and decided it was time and picked one up. After getting a bunch of use out of it, I thought I’d share my thoughts on the bike… Let’s take a look!Fairdale – R+D
TEST RIDERS: Taj Mihelich + Leif Valin
STUNT DOG: Monty
CAMERA + EDIT: Francis Delapena
MUSIC
TRACK: I Want You to Believe
PERFORMED BY: Popsicle (Todd Dunnigan + Leta Neustaedter)
WRITTEN BY: Todd Campopiano
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/popsicledanceband“Interbike 2013: Odyssey, Sunday, G-Sport and Fairdale
